The ones that got away

[T Bone]

I've hunted this buck for two years. Hoping he's still alive.

 

[buck23]

Hunted this buck for several years after missing him with my 54 flintlock. He never was more than a 6pt but got right wide and became nocturnal. Disappeared last season. Hated that.

 

[SoloTxn]

>>> NM Jan 2022..

We had a nice staring contest.

 

[bonedogg]

found this guy before my Mulie hunt a few years back, never did see him, but I did end up shooting a nice 200" non-typical regardless that year.

 

[bonedogg]

 

[bonedogg]

 

[WIbiggame]

This was seconds before I sent an arrow right under him at 28yds. 3 minutes into the morning hunt. Watched him dog doe's around for 10mins before shooting light.

 

[Andrewlonghi]

Man those are some monster mule deer . Never hunted for them but will get my chance in 2024

 

[TheNorthStar]

I was elk hunting. They walked right by @ 280yds on a bench below me like they owned the place.

 

[Mallardsx2]

None of these animals were ever seen in person. Wish I had caught up with them. They disappeared one by one after the opener of the season. Never to be seen again.

 

[Foldem]

 

[Chad Gus]

My uncle got this buck right behind my house opening day of gun season, chasing a doe around my cornfield. I was hunting across the road in our farm.
I shot this buck high shoulder the last day of late bow season, never found him. He was a 23/24 inch wide 7pt. Showed back up the next year as this spike. Figured he was 9 or 10 years old at this point. New neighbor killed him opening day of gun season. 26 inches tip to top and 6 inch bases.

 

[JEL]

I don't have a picture. Was hunting SE MT in the mid 90s. I had just got to the edge of a hill that overlooked a big basin early in the morning. Something caught my eye right away and I focused on what turned out to be a bald eagle caught in a foothold trap. When I got done gawking at the eagle, I looked right below me about 200 yards and saw the biggest muley buck I have ever seen on the hoof. Tall, wide, heavy and handsome. He saw me too and left in a hurry. Never stopped, never looked back and was out of my life forever.

 

[mrcowboy]

 

[RobertD]

None of these animals were ever seen in person. Wish I had caught up with them. They disappeared one by one after the opener of the season. Never to be seen again.
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What's the story on that aoudad? Those woods look a lot more like west GA than west TX

 

[Mallardsx2]

What's the story on that aoudad? Those woods look a lot more like west GA than west TX

It crossed in front of my camera on my lease in Hancock county Georgia and I would have shit the $hit out of it if I saw it. Lol

 

[Huntnut60]

Posted thsee pics before. Low fence central Tx. I have pics all summer but never saw him again after mid September. Local ranches say they didn’t kill anything like that.

 

[kenton]

My infamous miss from 2018

 

[brosko]

Two I'll be after this fall, both are 6.5 years old, one is on our farm the other on public by my house. Both were around 150 inches last year. View attachment 229050View attachment 229052
One of the dozen or so 150 inch bucks I've had slip through my fingers through the years. Public land giant me and my son both had opportunities at. Neighbor killed him, 174 inches. View attachment 229053View attachment 229063

nice

 

[MITCHMO]

My infamous miss from 2018
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My deepest condolences!